productive vocabulary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproductiveandvocabulary
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productive
adjective
uk/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/
resulting in or providing a large amount or supply ...
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vocabulary
noun
uk/vəˈkæb.jə.lər.i/us/voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/
all the words known and used by a ...
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This study examined parental report as a source of information about toddlers'productivevocabulary in 105 low-income families living in either urban or rural communities.
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To explore further the relationship betweenproductivevocabularyand verb generalizations, the following correlations were performed.
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However, we might find that late-talkers lag behind in their perception of object shape as well as in theirproductivevocabularygrowth.
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Herproductivevocabularyexploded from 140 words at 1; 3 to 567 words at 1;6.
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Increasedproductivevocabularyacquisition also implies a much larger increase in recognition vocabulary, improving overall classroom language performance.
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A ' vocabulary spurt ' has been defined as a marked increase in the rate at which new words are added to a child'sproductivevocabulary.
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The proportion of correct items in the experimental group varied from 44.2% on theproductivevocabularytask to 75.7% on the receptive vocabulary task.
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For the control group these proportions were 49.0% on theproductivevocabularytask and 77.2% on the receptive vocabulary task.
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The findings also indicated that receptive vocabulary size might give some indication ofproductivevocabularysize.
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Patterns of variability are discussed in relation to chronological age andproductivevocabularysize.
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Productivevocabularyscores, on the other hand, reveal both comprehension ability and the ability to retrieve words while speaking.
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For the control group, these proportions were 28.1% on theproductivevocabularytask and 63.6% on the receptive vocabulary task.
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The thick, solid line represents the average trajectory ofproductivevocabularygrowth (based on a quadratic curve, month2).
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This paper investigates the effects of receptive andproductivevocabularylearning on word knowledge.
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Receptive andproductivevocabularylearning: the effects of reading and writing on word knowledge.
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Table 1 shows the age and the size ofproductivevocabularyat the beginning and the end of the study period for each child.
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This study investigated the relationship between receptive andproductivevocabularysize.
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The present analysis is concerned only with the students'productivevocabulary.
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